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The two UK games industry trade bodies are to start exploring common ground, MCV understands. If successful, an alliance between the publishers’ group UKIE (ne ELSPA) and developer-only outfit Tiga could pave the way for a more unified organisation. Both are hoping to host meetings later this month to explore …
Read More »UKIE concerned over DEA review
Video games trade body UKIE has expressed its concern about the government’s decision to re-evaluate the potential website blocking powers that would be granted to ISPs as part of the Digital Economy Act. Yesterday Westminster announced that it has asked Ofcom to consider the viability of the proposals. Specifically, it …
Read More »UKIE and Tiga fully back Skills Review
EDUCATION WEEK: Wilson and Rawlinson lend praise amid new calls for trade body unification
Read More »Tiga/UKIE differences ‘are disappearing’
EDUCATION WEEK: Differences between UKIE and TIGA 'are disappearing'
Read More »Fresh calls for UKIE-Tiga merger
EDUCATION WEEK: Livingstone-Hope Review urges better cooperation between the trade bodies
Read More »UKIE welcomes Livingstone-Hope review
Official UK video games trade body UKIE has welcomed the recommendations of today’s Livingstone-Hope skills review. The UK has a heritage in developing video games that we can be very proud of," UKIE director general Michael Rawlinson stated. "However, if we are to continue to produce world-class interactive entertainment we …
Read More »Livingstone: A united industry makes sense
Following the surprise recommendation of a possible strategic alliance between UK games trade bodies UKIE and TIGA in today’s Livingstone-Hope skills review, report author Ian Livingstone has espouse the virtues of a possible union. "There is a fundamental difference between the two organisations historically," Livingstone told an audience in London …
Read More »UK’s trade bodies ‘must be united’
As part of its wide-reaching video games education review being revealed today, the Livingstone-Hope report has called for closer ties to be forged between the UK’s two main video games trade bodies – UKIE and TIGA. Progress is all about simplification not complication," the conclusion to the report reads. "In …
Read More »PEGI plans postponed until September
Confusion over whether games featuring video content still need a BBFC logo has temporarily derailed the implementation of PEGI. Now, PEGI will not be the sole legal rating system for games until September at the very earliest. A new DCMS proposal states that interactive entertainment which features linear content (such …
Read More »Gamers’ Voice calls for volunteers
Lobby group looks to expand; eyes web designers, graphic designers, writers
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